One of the easiest ways to trace members of your family tree is through census records. I've found not just information on the person I'm trying to trace, but more often than not, relatives lived right next to them so I was able to add them to my family tree as well. Today marks my... Continue Reading →
Treasure Chest Thursday
As a family tree researcher, one of the things I cherish most is when I can get a picture to match up with a name. All of a sudden, I can see the war records were right! So-and-so DOES seem to have brown hair (at least as much as a black-and-white photo can reveal) and... Continue Reading →
Alfred Willis O’Kelley
Today I was looking up a few things on Alfred O’Kelley. Given my adoption, I knew nothing of my great-grandfather except for what I got from relatives later on in life. That's one of the downfalls of genealogy research. Unless you can grab relatives who knew someone in your family before everyone dies off, you’re... Continue Reading →